Movie Review: ‘Clayface’ arrives as a pretty good R-rated revenge thriller-horror romance

Someone rather bluntly popped up on X lately to ask Hollywood writer-producer James Gunn a pointed – and here sanitized – question: "Who asked for a 'Clayface' movie?"

Key points

• After "Superman" and "Supergirl.", james Watkins directs from a screenplay by Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini, part of Gunn and Peter Safran's first wave of DC Studios films.
• Gunn, the guy behind the seriously weird "Guardians of the Galaxy" franchise, clapped back, asking who pressed "Back to the Future, " "Casablanca" or "Weapons, " among others.
• "Clayface" is a surprisingly good revenge thriller-romance, body-horror origin story for a lesser-known villain from the Batman comics.

What happened

Gunn, the guy behind the seriously weird "Guardians of the Galaxy" franchise, clapped back, asking who pressed "Back to the Future, " "Casablanca" or "Weapons, " among others. "Clayface" may have no right belonging at that exalted level, but after seeing it, the score is Random Internet Hater, 0; Gunn, 1.

"Clayface" is a surprisingly good revenge thriller-romance, body-horror origin story for a lesser-known villain from the Batman comics. We may not have asked for it, but it's a crowd-pleaser, mimicking its title character's ability to be a little something for everyone.

The bottom line

For now, movie Review: Clayface arrives as a pretty good R-rated revenge thriller remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.